Corn-husking machine.



G. L. PHELPS.

CORN HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1912.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cu" WASHINGTON, D4 c.

v GEORGE L. rrrutrs, or onione'o, ILLINOIS,A$SIGNCJR'fO INTIERNA'JfiONALHARVES TEB' COMPANYHOE NEW'JERSEY, A coRronArIoi 'or NEw'nsEY.

f coRN-H-UsKIne MACI-HNE.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that'I, GEonGnL. PHE Ls, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Corn-Huskmg Ma chines, of which the following is aspecifica- My invention relates to corn huskers, and 111 'partlcular toimproved means for pressmg the .unhusked ears of corn .lIl engagementwith the husking rollers as they'passf from the receiving ends, of therollers to ward the discharge ends ther eoff;'the object of my inventionbeing to provide a construction simple in its parts and eflicient inoperation. I attain this object by means ofv the mechanism illustratedby the accompanying drawings, in which frame members 1 and '2,respectively, upon opposite sides of the machine, and front and rearvertically arranged frame members 3 and 4, respectively, that aresecured to the side frame members. 5 represents a stalk feeding apronmounted upon a driving roller 6 journaled in bearings carried by the fframe of the machine; 7 and 8 upper and lower'fsnapping rollers,respectively; 9 the 7 corn husking rollers arranged in palrs and Iinclineddownward from front to rear of the machine and driven inopposite directions by any preferred means; 10 an inclined deckleadingfrom the front side ,of the snapping rollers to the receiving endof the husking rollers. The parts as described are common in the classof machines indicated and are not of my invention.

11 and 12 represent multiple throw crank shafts journaled in bearingscarried from the vertical frame members 3 and 1, re-

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat Application filed July 1, 1912.Serial No. 706.865. 7 1 A part of the machine, as desired. I

husking rollers specti'vely, and 13 represents gear members secured. .to.one end. of 'the shaft and which may be operatively connected withamoving There are three pairs of in the machine asillustrated, and 14repre.-.

sents longitudinally arranged guard mem bers carried by the frame of themachine 7 and located above the intervenings'pace between the middlepair of rollers and the ad Jacent pairs upon oppiosite sidesgthereof.

' 15 represents longitudinally arranged supports or bars having oppositeends. thereof journaled upon'the-crank portions offthe multiple throwcrank shaftsll and 12;."the bars being arranged abovethe'husking rollersand in vertical planes intermediate. the

axis of each pair of" coa 'cting'husking rollers.- Carriedby each of.the bars 15f'are .a

series of pairs of presser plate supports or carrying members 16,'hav1ngshank portions spaced apart in the direction of the'aXes of-v thehusking rollers, having T-shapedheads 16 and adapted to rise and fallfreely at right anglesthereto,

' 17 represents presserfplates or ear retard ersf having opposite sidesthereof turned up ward and. provided with lateral openings therein thatreceive, the opposite ends ofa pair of the' heads offmembers 16,. one.of the openings 18 upon each side of the plates-be-' ing elongated in amannerpermitting either end thereof to rise'or fa -ll independent of,

theopposite endfaszshown in Fig.3. The. plates are curved laterallyinward; and downward below the .T-members and-"- sub: stantiallyconcentric with the axes of {the rollers and providedwith a narrowflattened portion 19 intermediate the axes: of the husking rollers.

'lnoperationthe ears of corn'are directed to thereceiving ends of' thehuskingrollers'f by means 'of the deck 10,and the bars 15 ar driven inan orbital path controlled by the multiple throwcrank. shafts 11 and 12,r

and the presser plates 17 engage the ears andpress them in contact withthe husking, rollers, the plates being'free to rise and fall bodily, orat either end thereof to accommodate large or small ears, and having thedownward movement "thereof limited by means of the pins 20 through theupper ends of the members 16 engaging, with the upper sides of the bars15. v I N substantially V-shaped cross section, a support having armsjournaled in one end thereof, and a second supporting member in whichsaid support is bodily movable.

4. In a corn husker, an elongated ear re- 7 tarder of substantiallyV-shaped cross section, a plurality of supports pivoted in the oppositeends thereof, and ,a second supporting member for said supports in whichthe latter are freely movable bodily independently one of. the other.

5;. In a corn husker, a frame, a plurality of husking rolls, a pluralityof transversely extending crank shafts above the same, a longitudinallyextending member connected between the cranks of said shafts, and aplurality of independently movable retarders carried between said memberand said rolls and operatively connected to the former having either endof the same freely movable toward or away from said member and rolls.

6. In a corn husker, a frame, a plurality ofhusking rolls journaledtherein, a longitudinally extending bar disposed above the intervalbetween said rolls, elongated ear retarders of substantially V-shapedcross section extending into proximity to said rolls and over theinterval between the same, upstanding supports therefor pivotallyconnected to the opposite ends of said retarders and operativelyconnected to said bar freely movable bodily with respect thereto, andmeans imparting an orbital movement to said bar.

'ZQIn a corn husker, a frame, a plurality of husking rolls journaledtherein, a p1urality of cranks extending transversely of said rolls, alongitudinally extending member attached to said cranks and actuatedCopies of this patent may be obtained for with an orbital movementthereby, a plu= rality of retarders, and a plurality of at tachingmembers therefor pivotally connected to said retarders with a .loosemotion connection whereby all parts thereof are bodily movable toward oraway from said longitudinally extending member operatively connected tothe latter.

the ears of corn and free to rise and fall bodily, or at either endthereof independent of the opposite end.

9. A corn husking machine including, in combination, husking rollersarranged in pairs, rotatable in opposite directions and inclineddownward from the receiving end toward thedelivery end thereof, multiplethrow crank shafts arranged above said rollers and having the axesthereof in a transverse direction relative' to the axes of said rollerslongitudinally arranged bars having opposite ends thereof journaled uponsaid crank shafts, presser plate carrying members having shank portionsslidable freely in the openings through said bars and arranged in spacedrelation throughout the length thereof, said carrying members havingT-heads arranged transversely relative to the axes of said rollers,presser plates having opposite sides thereof turned upward and providedwith openings that receive opposite ends of the T-shaped heads of a pairof plate carryin gmembers, the shank portions of said carrying membersbeing free to rise or fall independent of each other.

GEORGE L. PHELPS. Witnesses:

I/VILLIAM CLARK, EDWARD J. TEUFEL.

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Washington, D. C.

